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Monday, June 21, 2010

Monday Pet Roundup

Hi and welcome to Monday pet roundup!

* One day I went to the Game Farm and saw an elephant with stick figure pictures and tic tac toe boards painted on its side. I can't express how incredibly sad that made me feel. And now some people are painting their dogs. Seriously? It may be harmless. It might even be clever. But I still feel sad. Am I off base here?

* Probably a result of the interest in Great Danes inspired by the movie Marmaduke, CBS News shares this video report about raising large dogs.

* A friend of mine's cat suddenly stopped eating. The cat had surgery and returned home with a feeding tube in its neck which my friend had to use to administer liquid food to the cat for three weeks. The treatment cost more than a thousand dollars. Another friend took loans to pay thousands of dollars for rods in her dog's hips and legs after a serious car accident. Pet care, especially out of the ordinary care, is expensive. This AP-Petside poll took a look at how pet parents deal with the cost of pet care.

3 comments:

I don't think you are off base on the dog painting thing. Not at all. But what really gets my knickers in a knot is docking ... all to meet some kind of artificial "breed standard." I hope we don't wake up one day to find a new species has taken over our planet and decided we humans look better with one ear.

Thanks for the mention, Peggy! (don't think I got a trackback on this)The whole dog painting thing that apparently started in China is nothing short of frightening. I can't imagine that the dyes used are dog-friendly, especially given their track record. Makes me wonder if there's a bunch of people in a room somewhere making up things people can do to their pets all in the guise of "having fun." I don't see any charm in this either! Then again, maybe I'm a killjoy...